WINSTON, Joseph, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Louisa County, Va., June 17, 1746;
moved in 1766 to that part of Rowan County which later became Stokes County, N.C.; participated in
expeditions against the hostile frontier Indians; member of the Hillsboro convention in 1775; member
of the commission that concluded a treaty with the Cherokees in 1777; appointed entry taker for Surry
County in 1778; chief ranger of Surry County; served as major in the Revolutionary Army; member
of the State senate in 1790, 1791, 1802, 1807, and 1812; elected to the Third Congress (March 4,
1793-March 3, 1795); elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (March 4,
1803-March 3, 1807); died near Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., April 21, 1815; interment in the
family burial ground near Germanton; reinterment on Guilford Battle Grounds, N.C.